Of course, gods are supposed to be models that concepts are based on, so whatever concept they represent is one that they have, a thousand times more than any mortal could. So it would be a no-brainer that a goddess of love - or beauty, fertility, marriage, or pretty much any concept related to human interaction - would have unearthly beauty.

Just to mention any deity in the Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? falls into this trope. The most obvious example is Hestia, who became a British-tabloid-reported sex god, and Hephastios, who has undergone a serious Beauty Upgrade, which included a Gender Flip and changing (now) her disability to an eyepatch.

Though, as revealed in Volume 8, whatever is *behind* that (large) eyepatch is bad enough to have scared off every mortal who had seen it, and nearly every god(dess), with the exception of Hestia. Until Welf anyway.

The flashback mini-arc between chapters 51-53, reveals Himegami's mother, Yatsuno, was the Eight-headed Orochi of legend in human form. She was such a hottie that Oousu couldn't take his eyes off her body and was determined to bang her. He eventually succeeded and fathered their two children.

Himegami also qualifies, given that she's a demigoddess. What she lacks 'up top' is more than made up for with bedroom eyes, hips to spare, a plump rump, and stewardess LEGS. It's the reason her fanclub, Takeru, Usui, and even her own uncle can't tear their eyes away from her scorching hot bod.

Black Moon Chronicles: The Oracle's true form is a nubile bald woman with shining skin. She also hasn't experienced earthly pleasures for several millennia and wants to make up the time. Cue threesome between the goddess, Wismerhill, and his succubus girlfriend.

Tales of Telguuth: Lazalla Zal, mistress of the moons, is a beautiful goddess who was summoned by the ancient wizards of Zalazille so she could become their mistress. In the thousands of years since then, she's aged quite a bit though.

Aphrodite's beauty is oft mentioned, and she's an attractive sex god that usually walks around in very little actual clothing.

Pre-Flashpoint in Wonder Woman (1987) Ares was a well muscled hunk, besides his eerie eyes, who knew it and when he wasn't hidden beneath his Tin Tyrant look he would wear open shirts to show it off.

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Ice Ice Baby: The four gods are all extremely attractive in their own divine ways, but Idris Elba, the god of paternal hotness, is certainly considered to be the most heavenly looking.

A Crown of Stars: Rayana is Goddess Empress of Avalon. She is a very bustier, long-haired Fiery Redhead. Magic, Love, Beauty and Motherhood are some of her domains. She is so hot even straight women need a cold shower after seeing her.

The Twilight Child: Princess Cadence is mentioned as having the sort of beauty that would "turn even the most intelligent, witty and urbane being into a smiling, dribbling mess on the floor even on an average day". This statement is proven by a scene several chapters earlier when Shining Armor meets her for a Hearts and Hooves Day date, and is momentarily rendered speechless when he sees her.

It's given note that she used to be a former supermodel, and a fashion magazine has her in a lingerie shot.

A guard being teased for the butterfly logo on his armor (due to being inducted into Fluttershy's Praetorian Guard) only needs a photo of Fluttershy and said fashion magazine to be envied by every guard in the bar.

Narration: "Mach was a touch bewildered as to what had just occurred. One moment a smoking hot she-alicorn had been purring at him from an inch away, so close he could smell her body wash (Mountain Racer Sport scent, if you must know), the next there had been an earsplitting scream and a flash of light, and now she was on the opposite side of the room, squared off and hyperventilating in panic."

Played straight with Asuka -whose body is described as spectacular, heavily muscled and incredibly womanly- and with Misato who was a beautiful human woman and becomes even more voluptuous after ascending to godhood.

Subverted with Reigle, Goddess of Decay. Shinji thinks that she's beautiful, but everyone else thinks she looks like a half-rotten corpse.

Inverted in The Eternity Effect. Elphaba and Glinda are horrified to find out that Lurline is not only not angelically beautiful and poised, but she's actually a bit frumpy looking. She's not unattractive but she's messy and completely unsophisticated.

Percy personally believes that Calypso is more beautiful than Aphrodite, because her beauty is more natural, but is also smart enough to never, ever say that out loud.

In Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Freya shines with a light that illuminates her whole realm, and Magnus describes her as the most beautiful woman that he's ever seen, feeling as though he would risk his life just to keep her smiling at him. Which is a little weird, since he eventually learns that she's his aunt.

The Valar in The Silmarillion. In their case they're spiritual beings and when they walk among the Children of Eru they regard their bodies the way the Children of Eru regard fine clothes—as something to put on to impress others. In effect their bodies are a kind of Ermine Cape Effect.

Melian, specifically. In his Quenta Noldorinwa Tolkien stated "Melian was a fay. In the gardens of [the Vala] she dwelt, and amongst all [Thingol's] folk, none surpassed her in beauty." Her half-elfin daughter, Luthien Tinuviel, is also the World's Most Beautiful Woman who's not a goddess.

In Everworld pretty much all the gods are described this way, but Aphrodite, Ganymede and half ofHel are particularly notable. The Valkyries are also described as "not so much beautiful as flawless."

Dionysus tends to look more "approachable" than most gods, but at one point turns into a handsomer form just to show that he can. He notes that gods generally take whatever form will best fit their jobs, and specifically notes that Artemis looks hot because a vow of eternal chastity is kind of pointless if people don't want to have sex with you.

Aphrodite in Fred Saberhagen's Books of Swords trilogy is not merely extremely beautiful, but appears to whoever sees her as whatever that individual viewer's ideal of female beauty is.

The Returned in Warbreaker (not real gods, but close enough and worshiped as such in-universe) are all very physically attractive. It's ultimately revealed that this is because all Returned actually have Voluntary Shapeshifting powers that they're generally unaware of, but that causes them to subconsciously turn into idealized versions of what they looked like as humans prior to ascending.

Jesus gets this from Naomi Tiberias in the Dramatic Audio version of the Left Behind book Glorious Appearing when she comments to Chang Wong on how handsome He is.

In Belgarath the Sorceror, Belgarath recalls that Torak was quite beautiful back before the Orb of Aldur burned off half of his face.

In one episode of Charmed, after the Titans were released, Leo gives the Charmed Ones the powers of the Greek gods to combat them. Phoebe became a Love Goddess and basically turned any normal man who looked at her into a lovesick slave.

All of them. Aphrodite/Venus got talked about the most, but the general perception was that gods were always good-looking, and even the ones who looked older could always shapeshift. Hephaestus' claim to fame is that he was the only real Aversion among the Olympians, as well as being a Disabled Deity.

The ancient Greeks believed that beauty is actually a manifestation of divine favor or divine lineage. Hence why many demigods tend to be rather good looking and have women/goddesses (or in the case of the rare female demigod other gods) falling love at first sight.

Xochiquetzal ("Beautiful Flower"), goddess of youth, prostitutes and musicians. As is for the thus inclined Xochipilli (translated both as "Prince of Flowers" or "Noble Flower"), patron god of homosexuals and male prostitutes.

Tezcatlipoca was also regarded as one of these, often described as the most youthful-looking and handsome god. One custom of the Aztecs involved selecting a particularly attractive young man to become an ixiptla, "doppleganger" to the god, for an entire year. He would act as Tezcatlipoca's earthly incarnation over its course, be lavished with food and gifts and finery, taught to play music and sing. During the last 20 days of this year, he would be wed to 4 beautiful women (also ixiptlas of the 4 goddesses that were Tezcatlipoca's wives) and be able to lay with them as often as he wanted. On the final day of the year, he would be stripped of his riches, drugged, ascend a temple while breaking a flute on every step of the way, and finally sacrificed. The ceremony would start all over again the following day, as a new ixiptla would be chosen as a replacement.

Norse Mythology: Sif, known for her beautiful hair; Freyja, the "most beautiful woman" and a fertility Goddess; Gerd, also the "most beautiful woman"; and Baldr, who isn't a god of beauty but was well known for his radiant beauty. Loki is this as well in some recountings, though presumably less so after his mouth was sewn shut and he tore out the bindings.

Celtic Mythology: Aengus Og, the love god of the Tuatha De Danaan, was THE Bishōnen amongst a tribe known for pretty men.

Zoroastrian mythology has fertility goddess Anahita, who was usually depicted as the epitome of what people of the time considered beautiful on a woman. On the male side was Mithras, the god of promises and pacts (which included Marriage). After the hellenization of Iran they were equated/merged with the Greek Aphrodite and Apollo, respectively.

Also, Sroasha (who was merged with Hermes) is always described as very pleasant to look at.

Pathfinder has Shelyn,◊ the goddess of beauty, alongside her occasional lover Desna, who's a gorgeous elven woman who is almost always shown completely nude, with only a Scenery Censor covering anything, and Calistria, goddess of lust, who dresses like a dominatrix, complete with a whip. Several other gods, such as Sarenrae, Abadar, Iomedae, and even Pharasma are also quite attractive, but those three are the ones who actively flaunt it. Overlaps with Beauty = Goodness, as none of the evil gods are conventionally attractive.

Slaanesh, the divinely beautiful and seductive Chaos Power of lust, desire and sensual excess. Slaanesh can assume a form of any gender (male, female, hermaphroditic, or androgynous) at will, and whatever Slaanesh chooses, it will always be an androgynously, supernaturally beautiful and alluring form... though since Slaanesh embodies hedonistic lust rather than love, its forms have a perverse Uncanny Valley effect and are almost as horrifying as they are beautiful. Devoted followers of Slaanesh are often rewarded with a fraction of this power. It's been stated that Slaanesh prefers masculine forms, though if it's like his daemons, it might be masculine on the left side and feminine on the right.

The Emperor of Mankind (who was effectively a Physical God even if he denied being a true deity) was a golden-armored superhuman with long hair and classic chiseled good looks. Then the Heresy happened.

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This very wiki has a bevy of 'em with its Trope Pantheons, and they come in many different flavors (male, female, human, nonhuman, good, evil, etc.).

Several of the Summons in the Final Fantasy series could qualify, with Siren◊, Shiva, and Garuda◊ being the three most people remember. This only works though if you assume that the Summons in the various Final Fantasy games represent actual Gods. Final Fantasy X rejects this notion, though Final Fantasy XIV accepts this as actual Canon inside the game, and as Word of God. Though in the case of the known Hot God from Final Fantasy XIV, she would sooner rip you to ribbons on her talons than look at you with any romantic interests. It is also interesting to note that of the three mentioned above, Siren is the only one whose name is actually derived from a female mythological entity, and she is by and large the least popular of the three.

By the above logic, Terra Branford of Final Fantasy VI probably qualifies for this trope under the sub-category of Hot Demi-God as she is the daughter of the Eidolon Maudeen, born to a human woman.

Final Fantasy XII has Ultima, one of only two female Espers. Although she's a Cute Monster Girl, before her fall from grace, she radiated a divine light that dazzled everyone.

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn has Ashera, the Goddess of Order and Restriction. While she is only mentioned in lore inRadiance, she is actually seen in Dawn. Very beautiful, perhaps otherworldly so, but she's evil. This is explained by the backstory: When the Goddess of Dawn Ashunera became so overcome by her emotions in response to the warring nations of the world, she accidentally summoned a calamitous deluge that wiped out most of the world. In order to prevent this from happening again, a grieving Ashunera discarded her emotions: Ashunera became Ashera (who retained her original self's maturity), while her emotions manifested as Yune, the cute, childlike Goddess of Chaos and Transformation. The player should through a few hoops (namely, recruiting her Dragon Sephiran/Lehran during a New Game+), and as a reward the benevolent Ashunera will return during the extended epilogue.

Muramasa: The Demon Blade gives us the pair of Fujin and Raijin. Fujin is more "Cute" than "Hot", while Raijin plays this trope completely straight. Given their interactions in the story (notably, he being one of the few people who can bring out her softer side), it's a safe bet to assume that they're lovers.

Althena, the goddess of love and beauty in Lunar series, is admired (often lecherously) by NPCs. Players too, as evidenced by an winning entry from an old Working Designs haiku contest: "Heavenly bodies / Eyes gaze upwards in rev'rence / Goddess in a thong"

The heroine of the sequel, Lucia, is in some ill-defined way a counterpart to Althena and is similarly admired.

Goddess Ilias from H-Game Monster Girl Quest may be a deceitfulgenocidal lunatic, but she is still VERY easy on the eyes. And of course, some of her scenes are NSFW.

Not to be outdone, her rival and resident dark goddess Alipheese I fits the bill, and she's a Cute Monster Girl to boot (natch).

Averted with Magiquone in some games where she is merely a mortal instead of a goddess.

Note that the goddesses are mostly hot when they are in their goddess forms. Most of them are rather cute than hot in their human forms, but their hotness level increases a lot after their transformation.

The CPU Candidates on the other hand are not really hot, but just cute (still plenty of fanservice), even after they transform.

The night elf goddess Elune is depicted (at least in the RPG book Shadows & Light) as an attractive night elf female with very little clothing.

The Titans, the Top Gods of the setting, are generally depicted as, basically, really enormous humans in a mix of the Norse and Greek pantheons; as with the source material, beauty, or at least rugged handsomeness, is the rule rather than the exception. (Except, naturally, Sargeras.) Sargeras apparently used to be an example, but his fall to darkness came with an evil makeover (his skin split open and started spewing flame).

Dibella, the Aedric Divine Goddess of Beauty, logically plays it straight. She is typically depicted as a voluptuous and attractive female. In Daggerfall, she is topless.

On the other side of the coin, several of the Daedric Princes choose to manifest in female form, often in very Stripperific outfits. Of particular note is Noctural's Absolute Cleavage dress in Skyrim, and in Daggerfall Azura is shown topless. The lore is in-universe lore is highly divided on how "good" the Princes are though, so for some this would be more Horny Devils or Hot as Hell.

Almalexia, the Dunmeri Tribunal deity, is described as one of the most beautiful beings on Nirn in-universe. She also tends to wear Stripperific outfits and Vapor Wear, which do not hurt her case. She appears in-person in both Morrowind's Tribunal expansion and Online.

Persona 4: Golden. Marie turns out to become this if you get her to rank 10 social link, defeat her bonus dungeon, and get the True Ending. Turns out that all the major Bosses were fragments of the original Izanami: Marie is the Human part of Izanami and inherits all the power once they are all defeated.

As a general rule, goddesses depicted in Shin Megami Tensei games are this, as drawn by Kazuma Kaneko. A lesser amount are hags of varying kind with the occasional Token Mini-Moe. As for males, there's a goodly amount of Heroic Build and Bishōnen, though as a rule they are quite a bit uglier than their female counterparts.

Being a game about Greek gods, Hades naturally has more than a few, though its Aphrodite and Zagreus's looks that are explicitly noted. Having to converse with both at once leaves Artemis in awkward speechlessness.

Aphrodite: Why, Artemis, you're absolutely tongue-tied! Due to our little godling in the Underworld, or a little due to me?

Though she was mentioned above under Tabletop RPGs she deserves special mention here as well due to her inclusion in the Drowtales comic's creation myth. Here, Sharess did not start off as a Goddess, but through her own actions in the story she becomes a Goddess to her people, even if she doesn't actually control their fates or anything of that sort. She does however sort of Ascend to a higher plane When she transfers her Aura to the Nether Planes to battle the Nether Gods which enables her to close the various portals to the Nether Planes that were plaguing her people at the time. Once in the Nether Plane she shatters herself into shards, the most recent of which, according to a Daydream Story, is essentially a Goddess for the people in that world who can manipulate the very fabric of reality in that world by simply wishing it to be manipulated.

Also of note in the same Webcomic is the Vloz'ress Ill'haress Kharla'ggen whose aura is so massive that she is essentially a Goddess herself. Unfortunately she has a High Sorcery that turns people into inanimate objects that are still alive. And she is just insane enough to use it liberally to create her infamous doll collection.

Being elves, both ladies are naturally exceedingly hot by human standards. Though in Kharla's case it is questionable since the reader never really gets to see her face, except for when she was really young.

Other Drowtales candidates for Hot Gods include Sha'sana (arguably the oldest living entity in that world as of Pre-Timeskip), Ash'Warren (Arguably the second oldest living entity in that world as of Post-Time Skip, and also the single strongest Empath in the entire story, and thus possibly the only power-check on Kharla.), both of whom have absolutely massive auras rivaling Kharla's, Khaless (A Demon of unknown max-power-levels), Kiel'ndia (only person to achieve what is termed the Safe-Taint without Snadhya'rune helping them, and arguably just as powerful as Khaless but for the polar opposite reasons, and the only person who has managed to TAME a Glutton Demon...), and of course Snadhya'rune herself (the Chessmaster and evil mastermind of the entire series, possibly not very powerful in her own right, but she is smarter than everyone else in the series (except possibly Sha'sana), including her mother who was the reigning Empress of the Unified Drow Kingdoms before she was forced to abandon her own body for a slave's in order to escape.)

Mottom was originally a consort of the God-Emperor she would replace. He picked her for her looks, and it showed. She can still appear in the form of a youthful beauty with Absolute Cleavage... although she also doesn't mind appearing as a monstrously aged crone, either.

Incubus, fitting his having a name originally referring to Horny Devils, repeatedly appears in the protagonist's dreams as a bare-chested pretty boy, though most of his real-world appearances as of the middle of "King of Swords" have tended to have him looking much more worn out and less fancy.

Solomon David is very tall, very muscular, and generally flawless-looking.

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In The Gamer's Alliance, Artemicia and Hivena, the Goddesses of Healing and Love, are very beautiful.

All the New Olympians at Whateley Academy in the Whateley Universe. The avatar of Aphrodite, in particular, likes to use her beauty and lust aura to manipulate men. Fey, as one of the Nine Queens of the ancient Sidhe would count too.

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